A person, like a commodity (商品), needs packaging．But going too far is absolutely undesirable．A little exaggeration, however, does no harm when it shows the person's unique qualities to their advantages．To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself．A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment (装饰), so that the person so packaged is not a commodity but a human being, lively and lovely．

　　For a young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, any attempt to make up would be self-defeating．Youth, however, comes and goes in a flash．Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years．If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work you are unique in through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should．You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self-satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth．There is no need to make use of hair dyeing．The snowcapped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland．Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony (和谐) with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness．To be in the elder's company is like reading a thick book of deluxe edition (豪华版) that attracts one so much as to be unwilling to part with．

　　As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging．

1．It can be concluded from the text that ________．

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A．people should be packaged at all ages

B．people should be packaged in a special way

C．elderly people also care about packaging

D．proper packaging shows a person's unique qualities to their advantages

2．Which of the following is NOT the author's advice?

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A．Hair-dyeing is not desirable．

B．Young women should not attempt to make up．

C．To show attractiveness, exaggeration in packaging is essential．

D．Packaging should be done without any signs of embellishment．

3．The underlined sentence means that elderly people ________．

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A．are usually packaged like a fine book

B．have rich experience and profound knowledge of life

C．do a lot of traveling and are well-informed

D．enjoy reading thick books about nature and fairylands

I was shown into the waiting-room which, as I had expected, was full．Any waiting-room, especially a dentist’s , is not the best place in the world to __36___ an afternoon．No matter how hard a dentist（牙医）tries to make his waiting–room look __37___, it always has an atmosphere of its own----the unpleasant smell and disordered（混乱的）__38___ in the room．

       This waiting-room was no exception．There were ___39__ pictures on the wall and the magazines on the table __40__ like a great pile of waste paper．I took my __41__ and decided to pass the time ___42___ the people around me．

       A little man beside me was ___43__ the pages of a magazine quickly and nervously．It was __44___ to understand what he was looking at, for __45__ three minutes or so he would throw the magazine onto the __46___, take another, and sink back into his chair．Opposite me there was a young mother who was trying to __47__ her son from making a ___48__．He had placed an ash-tray（烟灰缸）on the floor and was making plane-noises _49___he waved a pencil in his hands．The boy had clearly become uninterested in ___50___．Near him, an old man was fast asleep, and the boy’s mother was __51___ sooner or later her son would __52__ the gentleman up．There was a deep silence in the room as the door opened and a nurse __53__．The people looked __54___ with hope in their eyes, then murmured something as the next lucky __55___ was led out of the room．

36．A．spend          B．take                   C．cost            D．stay

37．A．unpleasant      B．happy              C．funny              D．pleasant

38．A．teeth           B．people             C．things        D．books

39．A．dirty              B．nice               C．valuable      D．modern

40．A．tasted            B．sounded           C．looked       D．felt

41．A．chair             B．seat               C．bench        D.desk

42．A．talking with        B．watching           C．thinking about      D listening to

43．A．turning over       B．counting           C．looking up          D looking at

44．A．interesting        B．possible            C．easy               D.hard

45．A．each            B．every              C．about              D.certain

46．A．chair             B．floor            C．bed           D.table

47．A．prevent        B．allow                C．forbid        D.fight

48．A．song           B．noise         C．mistake            D．model plane

49．A．as             B．if               C．so                 D．though

50．A．reading        B．talking          C．waiting             D．singing

51．A．sure           B．sorry           C．angry              D．afraid

52．A．make          B．wake                 C．call                 D．turn

53．A．left           B．entered         C．smiled              D．spoke

54．A．down          B．around        C．up                 D．behind

55．A．patient         B．doctor               C．boy                D．mother

The concept of solar power satellites, or SPS, first put forward in the 1960s, is still not widely known by the general public. For example, at many public exhibitions about energy, SPS is not even mentioned. This is mainly because very little money has been spent on SPS research
There are people who claim that SPS is unrealistic － because launch costs are much too high today; or because it is too far away. So why do we believe that it is important to continue to do researches on SPS? The reason is very simple.
Humans are going to need huge amounts of electric power in coming decades. Within 50 years the world population is expected to double, while economic growth will continue around the world, especially in the poorer countries. But existing energy sources already face serious problems. They are limited; they are polluted; they are dangerous. So 50 or 100 years from now, where is our power going to come from? Nobody knows. And so we believe that new large-scale possibilities should be studied further.
We must remember that humans have some choices concerning our future. To some extent we can choose the direction in which our civilization develops. And choices that are made in the coming decades － such as the energy sources that we will or will not use, will have major, long-term meaning for human life on earth. We believe that if research continues to show that SPS is environmentally and economically attractive, SPS will open the door to a much more attractive future for human civilization than any ground-based energy source, and one that the public will support and that young people will find challenging and exciting. Furthermore energy from SPS can be readily used in developing countries, as the SPS 2000 project will show, thus aiding economic development worldwide. In addition, by creating large commercial fund for space engineering, SPS will open the frontier of space to economic development, thus creating a limitless new field for the growth of the world economy.
【小题1】Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?

A．The Future Energy－ SPS	B．The Concept of SPS
C．Humans and SPS	D．Advantages of SPS

【小题2】Which of the following statements about SPS is TRUE?

A．The research on SPS started in the 1960s is still not appreciated by the public.

B．The research is showing SPS can benefit environment and economy at present.

C．The energy from SPS is now being used in some developing countries.

D．The public don’t know about SPS because little time is devoted to the research.

【小题3】Paragraph 3 mainly talks about ______.

A．the present serious energy problems

B．where to get energy sources in the future

C．the importance of controlling world population

D．the need to explore new energy sources

【小题4】The writer’s attitude towards the research can best be summarized by the saying “______”.

A．In time of peace prepare for war

B．Put the cart before the horse

C．One man’s meat is another man’s poison

D．Easier said than done

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　　Pablo Ruiz Picasso was the favorite child of his family．He was the only boy among agreat many girl cousins．That was enough to make him important , but his father loved him especially , because he knew his son was going to be an artist．Pablo knew the word for pencil even before he could say Mamma and Papa．When he was small he spent hours by himself making delightful little drawings of animals and people．If his mother sent him out to play in the square , he went on drawing in the dust under the trees．One of his favorite models was his younger sister , Lola．

　　Don Jose Ruiz , Pablo’s father was director of the museum at Malaga in southern spain．He earned only a small salary , but there was not much work to do and he was able to practise his hobby , which was painting pigeons．Don Jose loved pigeons very much．He painted them dead or alive , in ones and twos and in dozens．Sometimes he painted them on paper , cut them out and stuck them on to canvas（画布）; Sometimes he stuck real feathers on to his pictures．He knew a great deal about the technique of painting and he taught it all to Pablo．

　　Life in Malaga was very pleasant．In the hot , Mediterranean（地中海的）sunshine father and son would walk down to the beach to look at the boats on the shore or wander round the open markets．They made a strange pair．Don Jose was tall and thin , with red hair and beard , sad grey eyes and a fine set of whiskers（髯）．He was so shy and correct that he was nicknamed “the Englishman”．Pabol was quite the opposite．He had his mother’s small, strong build ; he had straight black hair , and bright black eyes that noticed everything that was going on around him．

1．When Pablo was a little boy , he ______．

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A．used to play in the square

B．would spend hours drawing pictures

C．was fond of playing with pigeons

D．often enjoyed taking a walk with his sister

2．What did little Pabol draw most ? ______．

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A．The square he was playing in．

B．The trees．

C．The sea．

D．His younger sister , Lola．

3．Pablo’s father could paint a lot because ______．

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A．he had plenty of time

B．he did not have much money

C．he looked after the museum

D．he liked pigeons

4．Don Jose and Pablo were “ a strange pair ” because ______．

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A．they liked to wander about the town．

B．they noticed everything that was going on around them

C．they both painted

D．they looked so different from each other

5．Malaga is probably ______．

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A．an island in the Mediterranean

B．a sea port in Spain

C．an inland city in southern Spain

D．a small country township